Health, PE & Sport

EMR Cross Country 

A team of 43 Wantirna College students headed out to Yarra Valley Racecourse on Thu 13 June for the Eastern Metropolitan Region Cross Country Championships. Students were met with cold conditions and a tough track, including hills, mud and sharp turns, leading to some classic cross-country racing. Only the top 12 in each race would make it through to the State finals.  

Highlights

Both Jayvel Singh and Holly Makaay finished 3rd in their 16 Year Boys and 16 Year Girls races, both making it through to the State Cross Country Championships. Congratulations Jayvel and Holly! A special mention to Dhiren Shanker who finished 14th, narrowly missing out on the top 12.  Other results were: 

17-20 Year Girls – Kat Hutchens 33rd, Maggie Zhang 52nd & Ava Crawford 54th  

17-20 Year Boys – Dhiren Shanker 14th, Angus Jackson 58th, Jackson Peters 64th & Xavier Wood 75th 

16 Year Boys – Ryder Thomson 20th,  Ashton Buckley 56th, Ethan Norman 58th & Junior Sukaliana 71st  

15 Year Girls – Isabella Lawler 29th, Gabby Noblet 47th & Charlie Cincotta 60th 

15 Year Boys – Charlie Armstrong 30th & Kyan Douglas 71st  

14 Year Girls – Keira Moroney 30th, Isa Woods 36th, Ashley Thomas 73rd, Milli Anderson 79th, Winnie McPherson 84th, Addison Chapman 98th & Isabelle Tokhi 103rd  

14 Year Boys – Lance Dopper 20th, Marco Ponente 52nd, Benjamin Bonica 55th, Sam Davies 56th, Pritam Kara 76th, Andrew McFadden 85th, Drew Morris 94th & Ayden Yusuf 99th  

13 Year Girls – Sami Waddell 28th, Alanah Stockdale 29th, Georgia Zabilowicz 32nd, Tayla Britten 35th, Ivy McPherson 80th, Soraya Pjetraj 104th, Sophie Weeks 109th, Shanay Palmer 116th  

13 Year Boys – Alexander Kokovitis 100th & Harry Heaton 112th  

All results can be found HERE.

Jayvel and Holly will head to the State Cross Country Championships on Thu 18 July to complete for Wantirna College against the best cross-country athletes Victoria has to offer. Good luck to you both.  

Matthew Burleigh 

Sports Coordinator